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Rorke’s Drift war herois finally in the pictureLUKE SALKELD

HISTORY about the Bat-tle of Rorke’s Driftduring the Anglo-ZuluWar will have to be

amended after a British familysucceeded in having a forebearrecognised as a war hero –thanks to a 130-year-old sketch.

Private David Jenkins sur-vived the Battle of Rorke’s Driftagainst 4 000 Zulus, only to beforgotten on its Roll of Honour.

He was among the 150 sol-diers who fought in the heroicdefence of the small miss-ionary outpost in 1879 that wasimmortalised by the film Zulu

starring Michael Caine.Such was the bravery

shown by the heavily outnum-bered troops that after the bat-tle 11 Victoria Crosses wereawarded.

However, Jenkins’s namewas somehow left out of theRoll of Honour, and for morethan 130 years his descendantshave tried in vain to have hisheroism recognised.

But they had no proof – un-til spotting a sketch of a “Pri-vate Jenkins” by a Victorianwar artist that was being usedto illustrate a competition runby the National Army Museum.

The Battle of Rorke’s Drifthad been nominated as one ofBritain’s greatest battles, andthe image chosen to representit was a pencil sketch of Jenk-ins by Lady Elizabeth Butler.

His great-grandson Geoff

Rees recognised the face in-stantly and was able to prove tohistorians that his relative wasa long-forgotten war hero.

Nicky Rattray, widow ofDavid Rattray, the internation-ally known historian who pop-

ularised the battles of Isandl-wana and Rorke’s Drift with hisbattlefield tours, welcomed yes-terday the recognition given toJenkins.

It was “great that this manwho was left off the list has

been proven to have beenthere”, she said.

Lady Butler had been com-missioned by Queen Victoria tocommemorate the battle in herpainting The Defence of Rorke’s

Drift.Rees said Lady Butler had

visited the survivors who re-turned to Portsmouth “in theautumn of 1879 and she wastreated to a re-enactment of thebattle”.

“She famously used realmodels who were actually thereto paint her war scenes.”

Each soldier who survivedthe battle had also been given aBible to commemorate theirrole. Jenkins’s Bible washanded over to the NationalArmy Museum’s historians asadded proof that he had foughtat Rorke’s Drift.

Jenkins of 1st Battalion,24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regi-ment of Foot, has thereforenow been reinstated in the bat-tle’s Roll of Honour.

A museum spokesman said:“When his great-grandson con-tacted us with irrefutable evi-dence proving David Jenkins’spresence at the battle and hisidentity in the museum’ssketch book, we set the recordstraight.” – Daily Mail

Family submit sketch as proof he fought in battle

Huge splash of colour at festivalSIHLE MTHEMBU

THOUSANDS of music loverswill descend on Durban’s Wave-house in Gateway for the finalinstalment of the Colour festi-val today – but be warned –wear old clothes.

More than 3 500 tickets havebeen sold and organisers ex-pect nearly 5 000 people to at-tend the event tonight.

A taste of what revellerscan expect was experienced onthe Durban beachfront over theEaster weekend at the Festivalof Chariots party.

After revellers had bags ofcolour powder thrown overthem, some sprayed them withwater pistols. Because of thewater from the pistols and themoisture from dancing, theycould not wash the colour offtheir clothing and struggled toclean their bodies.

Festival manager RobertLenk said Durban was ex-pected to attract the biggestturnout for the Colour Festival.

“We have done events coun-

trywide but so far the supportthat has been shown by Durbanhas been amazing and we arelooking forward to hosting agreat show,” he said.

The Gateway event will fea-ture rave, house and hip-hopDJs who will entertain fans asthey throw powder into the airin a display of colour.

Among the performers areSA Music Awards nomineesPascal and Pearce as well asEast Coast Radio’s Deon G.

This event is similar to pow-der-throwing religious festivalshosted in India and by Hinducommunities around the world.

However, Lenk was quick topoint out that it is in no way areligious event.

“This is purely for fun andentertainment and we wantpeople to know that this is nota religious event.

“This is an experience wewant to bring to the SouthAfrican community.”

Although the festival willbe held only in Joburg, CapeTown and Durban this year, it

will be taken to other parts ofthe country next year and therewill also be a Colour Festivalfor under-18s.

“We have received over 1 800calls and e-mails from peopleasking for a festival that accom-modates under-18s. So we havedecided to expand to otherparts of the country like theEastern Cape next year. We arereally excited about that,” saidLenk

“And we also want to accom-modate younger people andkids and create a family envi-ronment and we will be launch-ing that in Durban because wethink the city is going to be ourflagship venue for the festival,”

For those concerned abouthow to get the powder off afterthe event, Lenk said a quickwash was all one needed.

“The powder is imported di-rectly from India and it’s of thebest quality.

“As soon as you apply somewater to it, it washes right offso people can have fun withoutworry.”

LOST IN MUSIC: More than 3 500 tickets have been sold for the final installment of theColour festival today. Organisers expect nearly 5 000 to make their way to theWavehouse at Gateway tonight.

THE 50-YEAR jail term im-posed on the so-called “Face-book Rapist”, Thabo Bester,was cut to 30 years on appeal inthe Pietermaritzburg HighCourt yesterday.

Bester, 25, pleaded guilty toraping and robbing two womenhe lured to Durban with prom-ises of modelling photo shoots,

and was sentenced by the Dur-ban Regional Court in 2011.

Yesterday, judges GregoryKruger and Fikile Mokgohloareduced four 15-year sentencesfor two rapes and two aggra-vated robberies to 10 years

each, with 10 years runningconcurrently with the othersentences.

Bester admitted that he ad-vertised for potential models ona website. A victim contactedhim and they drove from

Joburg to Durban and bookedinto a hotel, where he boundher with duct tape and rapedand robbed her.

He said he felt remorse afterthe rape and went to anotherhotel to commit suicide, but an-

other person saw him andthrew him out of the hotel.

A week later, he raped an-other woman in the Durbanarea.

Bester was sentenced in theWestern Cape High Court tolife last May for the murder ofJohannesburg model Nom-fundo Tyhulu. – Sapa

Facebook Rapist’s sentence cut on appeal

PROOF: Geoff Rees, great-grandson of Private David Jenkins, recognisedhim in this sketch by Lady Elizabeth Butler. He had fought valiantly in thedefence of Rorke’s Drift in 1879. INSET: Private David Jenkins

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